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Princess Diana could have ended up living in the White House as the First Lady of the United States after her divorce from Charles, then Prince of Wales, according to a revelation made by her brother, Charles Spencer, in his new book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister.
According to Spencer's account, a powerful American politician, considerably older than Diana, had courted her with the intention of making her his wife and told her he was convinced he could win the presidency of the United States if she agreed to marry him.
Spencer writes that Diana, after her separation from Charles, asked him: "Do you think I would be a good American First Lady?". "Good God! Where did that come from?", Charles replied.
"She explained that one of her many powerful, elderly American suitors, eager to make her his trophy wife, had told her he was sure he could win the presidency if she married him," writes Spencer.
Spencer did not reveal the name of the American politician who courted his sister. Likewise, he asserted that what really intrigued Diana was the prospect of becoming the First Lady of the United States, rather than the admirer who sought to marry her.
"I could sense a mischievous attraction to reinventing herself in a role that would make her enemies in the British royal family die of jealousy, while ushering in an era of glamour at the White House that would surely have surpassed even that of the Jackie Kennedy years," commented Spencer.
Was the politician Donald Trump?
This is one of the questions that have arisen surrounding the revelation, but Spencer does not identify the suitor as Donald Trump. The association arises because there are previous versions of an alleged interest by Trump in Diana after her divorce. In 2015, British presenter Selina Scott claimed that the politician had sent large flower arrangements to Kensington Palace.
What does Diana's brother's new book reveal?
The book presents personal memories and revelations about his sister's life, her marriage to Charles, and the events following her divorce. The book also addresses other controversial episodes in the life of Diana and the British royal family.
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